Bairiki National Stadium is located in

Bairiki Bairiki is a settlement in South Tarawa of Kiribati. The State House, the National Stadium, the High Commissions of Australia and New Zealand as well as the embassy of China, and most of the Government Ministries are based in Bairiki. Bairiki is a ...

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. It is the national

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and the home of Kiribati's men's and

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national

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teams. The official name of the stadium is Reuben K. Uatioa Stadium. The stadium's capacity is around 2,500.Stadium Database: Bairiki National Stadium
. Retrieved 5 September 2011

Football

The stadium is the home ground of the Kiribati national football teams. Despite this, it has never been used for an international match, because Kiribati have never played an international football match at home. The sand surface in the stadium is also a factor that has stopped Kiribati becoming an official

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member for the time being.

References

Football venues in Kiribati Athletics (track and field) venues in Kiribati South Tarawa National stadiums {{Kiribati-sport-stub